Diocesan News01 Jul 2021

Sponsored wheelchair push for Aware exceeds its targets

Wednesday, 30th June was a time to celebrate a remarkable fundraising effort by Simon Malley.

Diocesan News01 Jul 2021

Langton Award for Community Service presented to Dr Margaret Kennedy

Decades of service on behalf of those who are most marginalised in society, including victims of clerical abuse, were recognised on Wednesday, 30th June, when Dr Margaret Kennedy was presented with her Langton Award for Community Service by the Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin and Primate of Ireland, the Most Revd Dr Michael Jackson, at St Patrick’s Church, Greystones, Co. Wicklow.

Diocesan News01 Jul 2021

Death of Mr Bertie Pollock

The death has taken place of Church of Ireland stalwart and prominent Tyrone businessman Bertie Pollock. The lifelong Edenderry parishioner passed away last night, surrounded by his family.

Diocesan News01 Jul 2021

Connor Synod 2021 takes place online

For the first time in the history of Connor Diocese, the annual Diocesan Synod took place online due to the ongoing restrictions related to Covid–19.

Diocesan News01 Jul 2021

Graham family’s marathon effort for Macmillan

A Connor rector and his sons have raised well over £20,000 by walking a marathon in aid of the work of Macmillan Cancer Support.

RCB Library Notes01 Jul 2021

Online photographic exhibition showcases foundation ceremony for St Thomas’s Church, Dublin, in 1930

The RCB Library’s Archive of the Month for July showcases a remarkable collection of photographs depicting a service conducted for the laying of the foundation stone for St Thomas’s Church in Dublin in 1930.

Archive of the Month01 Jul 2021

St Thomas’s Church, Dublin: Online Contemporary Photographic Exhibition Showcases its Foundation in 1930

Diocesan News29 Jun 2021

The Rev Derick Wilson marks 50th anniversary of ordination

At St Matthew’s Church, Richhill, on Sunday 27th June there were celebrations as the Rev Derick Wilson marked the 50th anniversary of his ordination.

Diocesan News29 Jun 2021

Hospice Sunday Appeal raises £28,683.87 during Covid–19 pandemic

The Annual Hospice Sunday Appeal in some of the Church of Ireland Dioceses in Northern Ireland has been taking place since its inception in 2014 when it began in the Diocese of Armagh.

Diocesan News28 Jun 2021

Cork Service marks centenary of the end of the War of Independence

On Sunday 27th June a Diocesan Service, with civic and ecumenical participation, was held in Saint Fin Barre’s Cathedral, Cork, to mark the upcoming centenary of the truce: the end of the War of Independence in Ireland.